Genndy Tartakovsky

I'm not sure comics sustain mortgage, and the house, and three kids. ”

I really loved that old UPA stuff, like 'Gerald McBoing-Boing' and 'Mr. Magoo.' They were simple yet effective 'toons that talked to everyone, not just kids. ”

I've always felt that kids are a lot smarter than we've given them credit for, but we've never given them a chance to figure things out as they're watching television. ”

There was a show I loved as a kid: 'The Blue Falcon & Dynomutt.' ”

Samurai' is not an animated show like you would normally watch on TV. We tell the stories from a different perspective - backward, very nonlinear. It treats it more seriously as an art form. ”

I'm super comfortable with TV, especially in my situation where I pretty much have 100% freedom. That's the ideal, and I've been fortunate in TV to have pretty much everything I've done be at least somewhat successful. ”

I don't like to be part of the cattle. I like to just do my own thing. ”

I'm not a violent person at all, and I don't want to show violence for violent's sake. ”

I'm a very happy, optimistic person. ”

Being a hardcore old-school comic book lover, it took me a while to accept the need for comic book movies. ”